Pauper capital : London and the Poor Law, 1790-1870 / David R. Green.
- Green, David R., 1954-
- Date:
- [2010], ©2010
- Books
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Description
"This work provides the first detailed study of the poor law in London during the period leading up to and after the implementation of the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834. Drawing on a wide range of primary and secondary sources the book focuses explicitly on the ways in which those involved with the poor law - both as providers and recipients - negotiated the provision of relief. In the context of significant urban change in the late eighteenth and nineteenth century, it analyses the poor law as a system of institutions and explores the material and political processes that shaped relief policies."--BOOK JACKET.
Publication/Creation
Farnham ; Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate, [2010], ©2010.
Physical description
xviii, 279 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
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Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-274) and index.
Contents
London and the regions under the old Poor Law -- Metropolitan geographies of pauperism : the old Poor Law -- Parish politics and the coming of the new system -- Building the workhouse system -- Negotiating relief : pauper encounters with the Poor Law -- Paying for pauperism : urban change and fiscal stress -- Reforming relief : from removals to redistribution.
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Location Status History of MedicineJOFG.43Open shelves
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ISBN
- 9780754630081
- 0754630080
- 9780754699033
- 075469903X